BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Ruby Port Stout from Gyle 59 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle ordered from the brewery. Aroma combines malty chocolate with light charcoal. Dark - cola brown when held up to the light. Foamy off-white head soon develops some bald spots. Initial fruit and berries followed by a sour edge as the berries take prominence, and then moves into charcoal and dark chocolate bitterness. A sweet vinous element and creamy hints are in there dodging about. Seems more punchy than 5.2%. Heavy bodied. Develops molasses as it warms up. Creamy. Flat-average carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Decent stiff... there's some creaminess and sweetness but it doesn't pill its punches.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle ordered from the brewery. Aroma is floral with a resinous edge. Opaque amber. Thin frothy white head. Heavy bitter. Resin, quinine and tart citrus. Peripheral fruity sweetness. Medium bodied. Slick-oily. Soft carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. A bitter IPA that's rough around the edges.
Cheeseboard (6269) reviewed Caribbean Cocktail from Gyle 59 3 years ago
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 15
Cask at The Magnet, Stockport. Sampled June 2017. Pours opaque pale orange to yellow, with a beige cap. Aroma: citrus, lime, some apricot. Taste: light sweet & light to moderate bitter, citrus, lime, lemon, slightly astringent. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Decent.
Cheeseboard (6269) reviewed Toujours from Gyle 59 3 years ago
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 14
Cask at Ring of Bells, Taunton. Sampled December 2016. Pours unclear gold with a beige cap. Aroma: spicy yeasty, some pepper. Taste: light sweet, more spicy yeast vibes, citrus, earthy, grassy hops. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Not a style I associate with cask dispense but overall pretty decent.
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Halcyon Daze from Gyle 59 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle ordered from the brewery. Aroma has citrus and a big dose of herbs plus... something random like gravy. Opaque gold. Thick fluffy foamy white head. Lively. The flava mirrors the aroma - there's citrus but it's the bitter herbs that are to the fore. Actually gets quite quinine. Underlying hints of malt. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Long dry very astringent finish. In yer face Wheat Ale.
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Toujours from Gyle 59 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle ordered from the brewery. Aroma is citrusy and vinous. Clear amber gold. Slightly opaque. Thin translucent white head. Medium bitter with a sour citrus and vinous. Underlying malts. The bitterness really takes on a quinine edge. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. A bit of a rough take on the style for me. No sherbert and old school UK malts. Inoffensive.
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Double IPA from Gyle 59 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle ordered from the brewery. Aroma has floral perfumed resin. Opaque amber. Frothy bubbly white head. Heavy bitterness. A dollop of resin. Licking a Sonora Pine. There's so.e underlying sweetness... I reach for it but cannot quite make contact. A wee slippery caramel bastard. Medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. A few beers in from this order and a beer from Gyle 59 that isn't a damp squib. Enjoyable resinous IPA.
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed The Favourite from Gyle 59 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle ordered from the brewery. Sharp berries with a damp malty edge form the aroma. Murky cols brown. Thin creamy beige head. Medium bitter. Charcoal and espresso. Peripheral tart berries. Medium bodied. Oily. Flat carbonation. Long astringent finish. Dark Porter... I mean just generally; flavour and all. It's fine. Nought to get excited about though.
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Vienna Session Lager from Gyle 59 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle ordered from the brewery. Aroma combines floral notes with a touch of spice and caramel. Cloudy light amber. Creamy white head soon really thins out. Medium-heavy bitter. Citrus and malty spice. Underlying biscuity malts. But somehow manages to overly grainy yet also limp. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Not great. Not offensive either. Just rather basic. More like a golden ale/amber ale hybrid than anything else.
eurosoba (18570) ticked Milk Porter from Gyle 59 3 years ago
04/11/2021. EGHAM BEER FESTIVAL, Egham United Services Club, 111 Spring Rise, EGHAM, Surrey, England